Turns out cougars killed Calif wine country sheep

NAPA, Calif. 
It turns out a sheep herder and Napa County sheriff's investigators were wrong about the California wine country sheep slaughter.

Cougars killed the animals, not gunmen and lamb thieves.

Three sheep were found dead in the Mount Veeder Vineyard on March 25 and seven lambs were missing. Sheep herder George Richmond, who was hired to graze his flock on vineyard brush, and sheriff's investigators reported the sheep were shot and the lambs were likely destined for Easter dinners.

The San Francisco Chronicle says the U.S. Department of Agriculture concluded Thursday that marauding mountain lions were the culprits. A federal trapper found the missing lambs' carcasses in nearby woods.